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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001071739-24-000170"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "CNC"
cik: "0001071739"
company_name: "CENTENE CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T05:34:01.747047+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.35
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Centene reaffirms FY 2024 adjusted EPS guidance >$6.80, shifts 20-30 cents from Q3 to Q4

## Summary
- Reaffirms FY2024 adjusted diluted EPS guidance greater than $6.80; Q3 adjusted EPS projected at $1.31-$1.41.
- Reiterates shift of 20-30 cents of adjusted EPS from Q3 to Q4; remainder of FY guidance realized in Q4.
- Management encouraged by progress in Medicare Advantage stars program performance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001071739-24-000170
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: CNC
- cik: 0001071739
- company_name: CENTENE CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-10T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.35
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.35
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 7.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173924000170/0001071739-24-000170-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1071739/000107173924000170/cnc-20240910.htm

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